Device for binding lumber on wagons



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Xnrrnn rAT Es FREDERICK FOUNTAIN, OF APPLETON, WISCONSIN.

DEVICE FOR BINDING LUMBER ON WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,518, datedSeptember 17, 1895.

Application filed April 8, 1895.

To aZZ whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK FOUNTAIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Appleton, in the county of Outagamie and State of Wisconsin,have invented a new and use ful Device or Machine for Binding Lumber onWagons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for binding lumber onwagons. It is well known that the devices heretofore used for thispurpose are extremely awkward and diflicult to manage. Ordinarily achain is linked about the load and a loop twisted therein by means of apole which is used as a lever and which is then bound to the bolster tohold the chain in place. It is difficult to bind the load sufficientlywith such devices as owing to the jar of the wagon the lumber is kept ina constant state of vibration and the boards tend to slip outlongitudinally. With these devices two men are usually required to bindthe load. The unequal pull of the chain often injures the board, andwhen not in use the chain and pole are a source of annoyance and arefrequently lost.

The object of my invention is to provide mechanism for binding lumberwhich may be conveniently attached to the wagon, and by means of whichthe chain may be drawn tightly but steadily and equally against allparts of the load.

In the drawings, Figure l is a top view of a wagon, showing my inventionas attached to the reach. Fig. 2 is a view of one of thechain-tightening nuts provided with a hook for engaging the chain. Fig.3 is a side view of the adjustable box by means of which the screw-shaftis supported from the reach of the wagon, showing also the screw-shaftand jou rnal-box. Fig. 4. is a sectional view of the same drawn on theline 00a: of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a loaded wagonwith my invention in use, drawn on a line immediately in front of thebinding-chain.

Like parts are identified by the same referonce-letters throughout theseveral views.

A is the reach of a wagon.

B is a casing or shell adapted to fit over the reach and to support theblock 0 of the jour- Serial No. 545,034- (No model.)

nal-bearing D by means of the supportingbolts 0'.

E is a screw-shaft supported in the bearing D and oppositely threaded ateach end, one end being preferably made of sufficient length to projectbeyond the line of the wagonwheels.

Nuts F and F, turned on the respective ends of the shaft, are providedwith the hooks G G, adapted to engage in the links of the chain H. Thenuts F and F being turned on the shaft to a position underneath thesides of the load, the chain H is thrown over the load and engaged withthe hooks G G, and the shaft is then turned by means of a lever Iinserted through the projecting end of the shaft to draw the nutsinwardly on the screwthreads until the chain is sufficiently tightenedabout the load. If desired, pinsJ J may be inserted in holes through theshaft to limit the outward movement of the nuts when the load isunbound. They are thus always found in position for use.

In Fig. 3 I have shown means for adjusting the casing or shell B toreaches of different size, the shell being provided with the verticalslots L, through which the supportingbolts 0' are passed.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. Adevice for binding lumber on wagons, consisting of the combinationwith the wagon reach, of the block 0, provided with a journal bearing D,and supported from said reach by a casing or shell B, the screw shaft E,supported in said journal bearing substantially at right angles to thereach, and oppositely threaded at each end, the nuts F and F adapted tobe turned on each end of the shaft, respectively, and provided withchain engaging hooks, together with a single chain adapted to be passedover the load and engaged at each end by said hooks, and a lever forturning said shaft, substantially as described.

2. A device for binding lumber onwagons consisting of the combinationwith the wagon reach, of the casing or shell B provided with slots L andadapted to be adjusted to said ICO reach, the journal block 0 and screwshaft; E gagged by said hooks on each side thereof and supported therebyand oppositely threaded a lever for turning said shaft, substantially 10at each end, the nuts F, F, adapted to be as described. turned on eachend of said shaft respectively and provided with chain engaging hooks,the FRED FOUNTAIN pins J J adapted to limit the outward move- Witnesses:ment of the nuts, together with the chain '1. F. COQLY, adapted to reachover said load and to be en- T. H. RYAN.

